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IPF custodians help keep essential workers safe
They show up for work every day, facing the COVID virus head on, with an arsenal of equipment and products designed to help keep the rest of campus healthy and productive.
Transplanted IPF landscape architect creates a tail-wagging design
When IPF’s Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) department recently underwent major organizational changes due to anticipated reductions in demand for new construction, Yun Cao, landscape architect, found herself presented with an opportunity to spread her wings.
Get to know IPF: Mike Ouderkirk
Many of his friends call him “Tank”. To some of his older team members, he’s known as Cat Boy. Whatever you call him, Mike Ouderkirk, Metal Shop skilled trades supervisor, just wants to be known as “part of the team”.
The Focus - August 2020
The August 2020 issue of The Focus e-newsletter from Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Get to know your IPF crews: Paint Shop
The years and breadth of experience this team possesses makes them a formidable talent, and their attention to customer services has their campus partners coming back time and time again for their expertise.
IPF helps MSU surpass energy goals
MSU has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for surpassing its Better Buildings Challenge goal, set almost 10 years ago.
Get to know IPF: Bryan Cummings
Bryan Cummings wanted to make a real difference in how safety is practiced in the workplace. And, although he has been IPF Power and Water’s environmental health and safety (EHS) officer for just over a year, his impact is undeniable.
Steam valves to steampunk
Recently, IPF Architect Jeff Kasdorf, in partnership with Katy Litwin, senior associate with Integrated Design Solutions (IDS), the architectural design firm for the STEM facility project, came up with the concept of using industrial elements salvaged from the old Shaw Lane Power Plant in the creation of art pieces for the new STEM building.
The Focus - July 2020
The July 2020 issue of The Focus e-newsletter from Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
R.I.C.E. – helping reduce MSU’s carbon footprint
The Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine (R.I.C.E.) technology that is being deployed at the T.B. Simon Power Plant is more responsive, offers additional flexibility, and operates at higher efficiency than the traditional generation units currently in use.